Alessandra Galiè is the Team Leader: Gender at ILRI, and Principal Scientist. She has 20 years of experience conducting gender analysis for agriculture development focused on women's empowerment and gender norms in livestock and crop systems. With her team, they developed effective models to support women’s empowerment through livestock business, published extensively on gender considerations in agriculture, and also, supported the integration of gender considerations in policy planning. She obtained a PhD from Wageningen University, Netherlands; one MA from University of London, UK; and one MA from the University of Bologna, Italy.

My Projects

Women in business

Women in business: Chicken seed dissemination in Ethiopia and Tanzania

ILRI research project in Ghana

Transforming the vaccine delivery system in Ghana: identifying approaches that benefit women

My Blog Posts

Using the pig weigh band

Empowering women in livestock: addressing gender barriers in Uganda’s pig sector

ILRI research project in Ghana

ILRI research project in Ghana is identifying approaches that benefit women in vaccine delivery

Building a Community: The Gender and Livestock Data Community of Practice

Woman working with eggs

Impact

Putting women first in the adoption and delivery of livestock vaccines

Ghana: Why the goats won't die on her watch

My Publications

Gender and antimicrobial resistance: a conceptual framework for researchers working in livestock systems

  • Emdin, F.
  • Galiè, Alessandra
  • Moodley, Arshnee
  • Van Katwyk, S.R.

An Intersectional Approach to Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D)

  • Tavenner, Katie
  • Crane, Todd A.
  • Bullock, Renee
  • Galiè, Alessandra
  • Campos, Hugo
  • Katothya, Gerald

Gender dynamics in feed and forage production and utilization in Mpigi District, Uganda

  • Njiru, Nelly
  • Njuguna-Mungai, Esther
  • Namatovu, Jane
  • Terfa, Zelalem
  • Galiè, Alessandra
  • Businge, Martha
  • Maina, Kevin
  • Ahumuza, Ronnie
  • Lukuyu, Ben A.

Transforming gender norms and empowering women in livestock farming

  • Nguyen Thi Kieu Trang
  • Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong
  • Truong Thuy Hang
  • Galie, Alessandra
  • Pazos, Mateo
  • Duong Kim Anh
  • Triana Angel, Natalia

A journey towards a gender-responsive tool for livestock feed assessments

  • Njiru, Nelly
  • Njuguna-Mungai, Esther
  • Terfa, Zelalem
  • Galiè, Alessandra
  • Namatovu, Jane
  • Businge, Martha
  • Duncan, Alan J.
  • Lukuyu, Ben A.

Key gender insights from the CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion

  • Galie, Alessandra
  • Triana Angel, Natalia
  • Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong
  • Pazos, Mateo
  • Duong Kim Anh
  • Truong Thuy Hang
  • Nguyen Thi Kieu Trang